Fil-Coupé

. Fil-coupé is a Jacquard woven fabric with cutted

jacquard patterns

. Special about this weave is that additional threads are intertwined into the fabric. These threads then are treated (cutted-couper) to create unique effects. The term ‘Jacquard’ comes from the Frenchman Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), inventor of the programmable loom. Later this loom was called Jacquardloom. Trendy Bivolino shirts in luxurious jacquard fabric with elaborate fil-coupé technique.

Dobby shirting

fabric Dobby is a woven fabric produced on the dobby loom, characterised by small geometric patterns and extra texture in the cloth. The warp and weft threads may be the same colour or different. Satin threads are particularly effective in this kind of weave as their texture will highlight the pattern. What is the difference between a dobby and a jacquard? The main difference between a dobby and Jacquard loom is how the warp yarns are moved up and down. ... That, combined with the loom only being able to hold a certain number of harnesses limits how complex a pattern can be. Dobby looms are best used for simple geometric patterns because of the limitations of the harnesses.The

dobby weave

is considered a "fancy" weave because it generally has unique geometric patterns in the fabric. This is accomplished using a special loom that raises and lowers the warp threads individually, allowing the weaver to create distinctive patterns. Dobby fabrics come in all kinds of patterns, colors, weights and hand feels.Dobby weave has

unique geometric patterns

into the fabric. The solid colors tend to have a faint stripe or dotted patterns woven in the same color as the base cloth.This is accomplished using a special loom that raises and lowers the warp threads individually. Dobby Fabrics have a